Nephew stabbed to death 'father figure' uncle in front of his terrified children

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A dad-of-four was stabbed to death by his nephew in front of his terrified teenage children. Joshua Morgan knifed his uncle, Paul Morgan, twice while his family were over to celebrate his 21st birthday in September 2020, the Liverpool Echo reports.

The offender had turned down a hug from his relative before following him across Prince William Street, in Dingle, and launching the fatal attack, Liverpool Crown Court heard.

Handing Morgan a life sentence, Judge David Aubrey, QC, said, “You had a love-hate relationship with your uncle. Tragically you had lost your father when young and thus your uncle became somewhat of a father figure to you."However you appeared to show some resentment and jealousy towards your cousins - they had a father, you did not.

There was something festering inside you.”A court heard on Monday that Joshua harboured resentment and jealousy towards the victim’s children as his own father died when he was just nine years old.He had killed himself and the anniversary of his death had been just the day before the murder.Liverpool Crown Court heard that the defendant had previously threatened to kill his uncle but the day before the killing they had happily played pool together and on the day itself Mr Morgan sent him a Facebook message saying, ‘Happy Birthday, bro love you lad.’The defendant had been struggling with his mental health but it has only been since the tragedy that he has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and cannabis dependency disorder.However Judge Aubrey said a psychiatrist found that the offence was unrelated to his illness.He said: “I am satisfied there is no causal link between your mental illness and that which you did that day which was borne out of anger and animosity